Workshops
SSRL Workshop: Advanced Topics in EXAFS Analysis and Applications
- Date/Time : Wednesday October 15, 2008 - 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Organizers : Riti Sarangi (SSRL), Corwin Booth (LBNL)
Extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) is a powerful local structure determination technique, which has been successfully applied to problems in a broad range of scientific fields. In recent years, significant research has been performed towards theoretical development and scientific applications of EXAFS. The aim of this workshop is twofold:
a) To present recent developments in methods for EXAFS data analysis. Presentations will cover various aspects of modern analysis tools to address different analytical approaches, error analysis, alternate fitting methods, etc.
b) To discuss applications of the EXAFS techniques in different scientific areas, which include biology, material science, chemistry, geology and physics. Modern applications of EXAFS, which have been used in combination with other spectroscopic techniques to answer specific questions in science will be presented and discussed.
SSRL Workshop: Crystallography Made Easy Through Automation - Bringing structure determination to the general biology community
- Date/Time : Wednesday October 15, 2008 - 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Organizers : Irimpan Mathews (SSRL), Edward Snell (HWI)
Recent advances in experimental automation have brought macromolecular structure determination closer to the non-experts in the field. This workshop will introduce the participants to what information structural crystallography can provide, the basics of crystallographic techniques (protein crystallization, x-ray diffraction data collection, and data analysis) and then demonstrate how these steps may be simplified by taking advantage of the automated facilities available at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) and the Hauptman Woodward Institute (HWI). In particular, HWI offers services for high-throughput crystallization condition screening and optimization and automated facilities at SSRL enable experimenters to remotely collect x-ray diffraction data for crystal quality analysis and structure determination using an internet connection at their home laboratory. SSRL also provides remote access to software and computing resources necessary for complete structure determination. Participants will get hands-on experience with some of the automation techniques used at SSRL and learn how to prepare crystalline samples for remote data collection. Anyone in the general biology community who is interested in learning about how to make use of the technique of macromolecular crystallography enabled by automated technology developments is invited to attend.
LCLS Workshop: Application of Coherent X-rays at the LCLS
- Date/Time : Friday, October 17, 2008 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Organizers : Aymeric Robert (LCLS), Sebastien Boutet (LCLS), Brian Stephenson (ANL), Henry Chapman (DESY)
The purpose of this workshop is to bring together world experts on the use of coherent x-ray beams to study the structure and dynamics of matter. It will provide a perfect opportunity to discuss the scientific capabilities of the coherent x-rays that will be produced by LCLS. It will also be a good opportunity to identify the types of problems that the LCLS will be ideally suited to answer. Finally, this forum will provide the perfect platform to get people excited about the LCLS instruments and will be a great starting point to build the user community for the X-ray Correlation Spectroscopy (XCS) and Coherent X-ray Imaging (CXI) instruments.
LCLS Workshop: Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics with the LCLS
- Date/Time : Friday, October 17, 2008 - 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Organizers : John Bozek (LCLS), Linda Young (ANL)
The purpose of this workshop is to discuss AMO experiments for the LCLS. The AMO instrument will be the first online at LCLS, and by the time of this workshop the first round of proposals will have been submitted for consideration. Scientific opportunites and technical challenges for x-ray FEL AMO experiments will be discussed.
Joint SSRL/LCLS/ALS Workshop: Soft X-ray Beam Line for Material and Energy Science at LCLS
- Date/Time : Saturday October 18, 2008 - 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Organizers : Andreas Scherz (SIMES/SLAC), Dennis Nordlund (SSRL/SLAC), Phil Heimann (ALS/LBNL)
The workshop will establish the current status of the LCLS soft x-ray (SXR) material and energy science consortium and aims for a coherent effort to make the most compelling science, detailing instrument requirements and commissioning a success. The participants will learn about the SXR instrumentation and scientific opportunities. Presentations will cover the scientific areas and the beamline design for the three main experimental setups: Coherent Diffraction Imaging, PES/XES/RIXS, and XAS. Each session will be followed by a directed discussion mainly focusing on instrumentation including unresolved issues, time line and proposal preparation. Potential users for the SXR beamline at LCLS are encouraged to give a 5 minute presentation during the discussion sessions (please inform the organizers latest by Monday, October 13, 2008).
